Kimetto Takes It Easy In His Return To Racing

Published by IAAF on December 7, 2014

Dennis Kimetto made a low-key return to racing in first outing since breaking the marathon world record and finished a modest 13th at the Montferland Run over 15km in the Dutch town of ‘s-Heerenberg on Sunday (7).

Kimetto crossed the line in 47:00, clearly not taking the race too seriously, and came home more than three minutes behind the Eritrean winner Miskel Tewelde, who won in 43:27.

Kenya’s Nobert Kigen and Geoffrey Koech were second and third in 43:32 and 43:43 respectively.

It has become something of a tradition for men’s marathon world record breakers to then get back to racing with an appearance at the Montferland Run.